2006 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

2006 SONATA DRIVER & PASSENGER VISORS FAILURE. WE ARE NOW NEEDING THE 4TH VISOR THAT WON'T STAY UP. DEALER WON'T COVER IT AS VEHICLE IS OVER THE INITIAL WARRANTY PERIOD. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER WHEN THE 2ND ONES BROKE, THAT HYUNDAI HAD CORRECTED THE MANUFACTURING DEFECT - DON'T THINK SO. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE VISOR IS ANGLED IN AN UNSAFE POSITION WHEN BROKEN TO THE OCCUPANT. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST DROPPED DOWN AND IMPAIRED MY VISION. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND EASILY COULD HAVE LED TO AN ACCIDENT. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO RECALL THESE DEFECTIVE VISORS IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID INJURY OR DEATH TO THOSE WHO WILL CERTAINLY BE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY THIS DEFECTIVE PART. *TR

RE. 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA (CURRENTLY APPROX 71,00 MILES) - WAS PART OF PAST RECALL ON PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYING LIT WHEN PASSENGER IN SEAT. BROUGHT TO DEALER - THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE PROBLEM AT THE TIME. WOULDN'T FIX PROBLEM (REPLACE SEAT) DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO REPLICATE. LIGHT STILL COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY WHEN PASSENGER IN SEAT. ADDRESSED WITH DEALER AND HYUNDAI CORPORATE - CORPORATE BACKED DEALER. SHORTLY AFTER 60,000 WARRANTY EXPIRED, DRIVERS SIDE VISOR BROKE - FALLS DOWN WHEN DRIVING - SAFETY HAZARD. CALLED DEALER - $45 JUST TO BUY - NOT INSTALLED. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON HERE AND OTHER WEBSITES RE. SAME ISSUE. SHOULD BE PART OF COVERED RECALL. RECENTLY DRIVERS AIR BAG LIGHT BEGAN ILLUMINATING. CAR BATTERY NEEDED REPLACING - THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM - STILL ILLUMINATING AFTER REPLACING BATTERY. CALLED DEALER - MUST PAY DIAGNOSTIC FEE (I BELIEVE $88) JUST TO LOOK AT IT AND THEN REPAIRS WHICH FROM MY UNDERSTANDING CAN BE COSTLY. HAVE ALSO SEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS ON THIS SITE AND OTHERS OF SAME PROBLEM. SHOULD BE SAFETY RECALL ALSO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE IGNITION; HOWEVER, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN WHEN POSITIONED IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON SIX DIFFERENT TIMES AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO POSSIBLY REPAIR THE IGNITION DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE DRIVERS SIDE VISOR MADE A CRACKING SOUND AS IT WAS LOWERED. NOW VISOR WILL NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR WILL NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION. KEEPS FALLING DOWN WHILE DRIVING. *TR

2006 HYUNDAI SONATA SUN VISOR. I HAVE HAD THIS REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES ON MY CAR. IT WILL CATASTROPHICALLY FAIL WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. LAST TIME WAS IN TRAFFIC ON THE FREE WAY. HAD TO PUT CAR INTO DITCH TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. 4,000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY AND HYUNDAI WONT REPLACE. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA. I BOUGHT IT NEW FROM HENDERSON HYUNDAI IN HENDERSON, NV. MY CAR HAS NOW 73,831 MILES AND I HAVE HAD EVERY REQUIRED MAINTENANCE DONE TO MY CAR BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD IT TO ME. A WEEK AGO THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON SO DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER SO THEY CAN FIX IT. TO MY SURPRISE THEY SAID I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE WHOLE SEAT, AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME $1800 TO REPAIR. HE ALSO MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE INSULATION IN THE WIRING BEING GONE. MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN INTO AN ACCIDENT SO THE AIRBAGS HAVE NEVER BEEN DEPLOYED. RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS IN MY CAR WILL DEPLOY SHOULD I HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I TRIED TO MAKE THE DEALERSHIP UNDERSTAND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE HYUNDAI SHOULD FIX SINCE IT IS OBVIOUS THIS IS A MATTER OF A FAULTY SYSTEM AND NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I CAN NOT AFFORD PAYING $1800 FOR SOMETHING THEY CAN NOT EVEN GUARANTEE WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I STRONGLY BELIEVE HYUNDAI MOTOR INC SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT MAKES DRIVING MY CAR UNSAFE. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA WHICH I BOUGHT NEW. IN 2007 I FOUND A CRACK IN THE FRONT PASSENGER DASH WHERE THE CUTOUT FOR THE AIRBAG WAS LOCATED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN SIERRA VISTA, AZ AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MANY OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PERFORATION IN THE DASH CAUSING THE AIRBAG TO EVENTUALLY COME OUT OF THE DASH. IT WAS REPLACED. THREE YEARS LATER IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN THE AIRBAG PERFORATION IS BASICALLY CRACKING CAUSING THE EXPOSURE OF THE AIRBAG COMPARTMENT IN THE DASH OF THE SAME VEHICLE I PREVIOUSLY HAD REPLACED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE THAT IS COMMON IN THIS VEHICLE. THANK YOU, *TR

THE SUN VISORS ON BOTH SIDES WILL NOT STAY UP. THIS IS ALSO THE CASE FOR MY NEIGHBOR-WHICH HAS A 2006 SONATA AS WELL. IT IMPAIRS VISION WHILE I'M DRIVING AND HITS PASSENGERS IN THE HEAD. I HAVE REPLACED THEM ONCE- AT $125 EACH- ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME THING HAPPEN A YEAR LATER. *TR